Deans' stroke musings: Falling through the cracks: a literature review to understand the reality of mild stroke survivors

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Falling through the cracks: a literature review to understand the reality of mild stroke survivors

Almost every single survivor falls through the cracks, as evidenced by the appalling 10% full recovery rate
WHOM is patching up those cracks?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20139048

Tellier M¹, Rochette A.

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Abstract

PURPOSE:

To review the existing literature on mild stroke, its consequences for patients and families, and the effectiveness of rehabilitation services targeting mild stroke.

METHOD:

A systematic search was conducted on Ovid (EMBASE and MEDLINE, 1950-2008), PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane (to 4th quarter 2008). Articles had to be written in French or English. The term "mild stroke" was combined with a variety of key words. Titles, abstracts, and results sections were screened, and the sample had to be composed of not greater-than 50% mild stroke. Two reviewers were involved in the selection process to ensure the research was reproducible and that all the literature was screened properly.

RESULTS:

Thirteen articles meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria were found. Mild stroke survivors may present impairments that do not interfere with basic activities of daily living but do affect performance of complex tasks. The consequences for families remain unknown. Home interventions were found to help patients maximize their functions and reduce stroke sequelae.

CONCLUSION:

The majority of mild stroke survivors are sent home without referral to rehabilitation services although they present deficits that, if not addressed, can lead to deconditioning and impede community reengagement. The impact of mild stroke on families needs to be studied.